Documentaries on PBS
How serendipity, the 1986 World Series and believing in possibilities changed my filmmaking career
When Henry Hampton called, "I was unemployed and living in New Orleans with no money for another film, no prospects at all. Everything ...NEH pandemic relief grants boost indie filmmakers
ITVS, Firelight Media, the Sundance Institute and Appalshop Inc. received $5.5 million for filmmaking initiatives and other projects.New podcast hosted by Grace Lee examines public TV’s track record on DEI
The podcast follows months of criticism directed at PBS and public media about the system’s DEI initiatives and lack of transparency.Filmmakers who challenged PBS on diversity continue push for transparency
Members of Beyond Inclusion say they will keep advocating for issues they raised in a March letter to PBS CEO Paula Kerger.‘Fast-Forward’ challenges viewers to have tough conversations about aging
A documentary debuting March 24 follows millennials and their boomer parents as they navigate an “aging boot camp.”Abigail Disney to women filmmakers: ‘It’s time to throw out the rulebook’
The director of The Armor of Light challenges women media-makers to rebel against the glorification of violence in film and television.Promotional strategy for ‘Black Panthers’ pays off for PBS
The filmmakers’ strategy for engaging an audience was in the works for more than a year.Makers, subjects of PBS’s indie docs bring diversity to public TV, study finds
The study’s authors argued that films such as God Loves Uganda are central to public TV’s mission.PBS appeals to indie filmmakers with bigger marketing budget, multiplatform strategy
An arts festival will promote a documentary about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, among other films.AFI honors Stanley Nelson, public TV’s ‘filmmaker of black experience’
Though Nelson didn’t particularly take to that title.
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